A well-travelled single man has complained about Sydney’s terrible dating scene, claiming it’s much harder to “pick up” women there compared to other cities.
The man sought help from Matthew Macdonald, who runs the dating advice platform. ‘Men with manners’and expressed his frustrations via email.
However, he’s not the first to complain about Sydney’s dating culture, as hundreds of other singles on TikTok have complained about how difficult it is to find a partner.
‘Why is it so difficult to date women in Sydney? “I have lived in several major cities around the world and I must say that it has never been harder for me to attract women than in Sydney,” the man wrote.
“According to the locals I have met, there are three reasons for this.”
The single man sought help from Matthew Macdonald (pictured), who runs dating advice platform ‘Men with Manners’, and vented his frustrations.
Firstly, the man called Sydneysiders “unwelcoming to new friends”, something many have complained about in the past.
“Unless you’re from Sydney, it’s almost impossible to break into established social groups and make connections with women within them,” she wrote.
Sydneysiders are also “very cliquey” and tend to date only within the areas where they live, he continued.
“Women from the Northern Beaches only want to date men from the Northern Beaches; the same goes for the Inner West, the Hills District, the Eastern Suburbs etc.,” the man added.
Finally, he called Sydney women “too promiscuous” and generally difficult to date while playing the field.
“It takes too much effort to relate to Sydney women because unlike women in other parts of the world, they are too promiscuous,” he wrote.
Other singles were quick to comment on the issue on TikTok, with one person claiming Sydney’s dating culture is “trash” in general.
Other singles were quick to comment on the issue on TikTok, with one person claiming Sydney’s dating culture is “trash”.
“Okay, Sydney is tough,” one man wrote.
One woman said: ‘Men here in Sydney also find it difficult to date, no matter where they originally come from. Maybe it’s the cost of living or the size of the city.
But others said it is equally difficult to find a partner in other Australian cities.
“I came there from Brisbane… I couldn’t pick a root there to save my life,” one man said.
Try Adelaide. “Sydney is a walk in the park,” said another.
Earlier this year, a single Australian woman expressed similar frustrations about dating in Sydney saying men have a “lack of maturity, lack of commitment and lack of forward thinking”.
Elle said Sydney’s dating scene has “performed poorly” because there are a lot of great women looking to commit, but men aren’t looking for a long-term relationship.
The singleton said she has noticed that Sydney men are more superficial, don’t put any effort into dating and move from one woman to another when things aren’t “easy”.
‘My single male friends can literally find a beautiful, intelligent, kind, motivated and committed woman to go on a date with literally weekly. “I have friends who are able to find a unicorn woman every week,” Elle said.
“I, as a woman, can’t even find a guy I’ve liked enough to meet, I’m serious, that’s how terrible it is, it’s the top of the funnel, that’s the problem.”